Flood in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

The Waverly/Sayre gage is located at the point where the Susquehanna River makes its final turn out of New York State into Pennsylvania. It is also 5 miles north of the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers at Tioga Point. The gage serves the communities of Waverly in New York and the Athens/Sayre region in Pennsylvania. The Cannon Hole neighborhood and the Village of Barton were severely flooded. To quote the Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York, Thursday July 3rd, 2006 "Cannon Hole residents, living unprotected and sometimes only yards from the Susquehanna River, are used to dealing with floods every so often. They mop up, wring things out, wash things off and move on with their lives." The article goes on to say that this June flooding brought far more devastation to the area then anyone had experienced. Several residents will not return due to homes being unfit or not repairable. Some are saying that they are tired of dealing with flooding and will move now. The river rose to the flood stage (11 feet ) June 27th, at 4:00 PM EDT. It reached moderate flooding (16 feet) June 28th, at 3:30 AM EDT. It rose to major flooding (21.4 feet) June 28th, at 6:45 PM EDT. The river crested at 22.52 feet June 29, at 5:00 AM EDT. This broke the old record of 21.4 feet set in March of 1936. The local basin average rainfall for June 26 to 29 was 5.26 inches. The river remained above flood stage through the end of June in the Waverly/Sayre area.